The M-CHooSe pilot: the acceptability and utilisation of the nurse-led, general practice clinic co-located 'ater ALD ealthcare Crdinator rvice' for patients from multicultural backgrounds.

Background: Patients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds often have unmet healthcare coordination needs. We aimed to evaluate the acceptability, utilisation and perceived benefits of the Mater CALD Health Coordinator Service (M-CHooSe), a pilot, nurse-led, general practice co-located, healthcare coordination service for patients from CALD backgrounds.

Methods: M-CHooSe began in March 2020 at five Brisbane (Queensland) sites.

Australian general practitioners’ perceptions of the barriers and opportunities for community-based care of patients with viral hepatitis: a mixed methods study.

Introduction Engagement of general practitioners (GPs) is essential to improving rates of diagnosis and treatment of viral hepatitis, as traditional tertiary hospital-based models of care often face challenges. Aim We investigated Australian general practitioners' perceptions of a community-based model of care for patients with viral hepatitis. Methods We conducted a mixed methods study using survey questionnaires (23 GPs) and an open-ended interview guide (10 GPs) at primary care clinics in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Ripple effects: integrating international medical graduates from refugee backgrounds into the health system in Australia.

The field of 'refugee health' is generally understood in terms of the efforts of health professionals from a host country to provide care for humanitarian entrants. This paper attempts to undermine that idea, focusing instead on the service that health workers from refugee background communities are able to render, both to their own communities and to broader society, when barriers to their participation are made more equitable. The point of departure for this Practice paper is the 2019 pilot 'Observership Program' that was initiated by Mater Refugee Health in Brisbane, Australia.

Fitting Health Care to People: Understanding and Adapting to the Epidemiology and Health Literacy of People Affected by Viral Hepatitis from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Migrant Backgrounds.

This study explored the epidemiology and health literacy of people affected by viral hepatitis (VH) from migrant culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds attending a community-based general practitioner and specialty hepatology shared-care (HEPREACH) clinic in Brisbane, Australia. Patient-reported data on health literacy and clinical information from adult patients (n = 66) of CALD background recruited from the liver clinic were analyzed. Health literacy was assessed using a 5-question, 12-point scale.

Reconceptualising specialisation: integrating refugee health in primary care.

People from a refugee background have significant unmet health needs including complex physical and psycho-social presentations. They can experience low trust, unfamiliarity with the health system and reliance on family and friends to access care. To address these needs, Australia has specialised refugee health services in each state and territory.

Health status and use of health services among recently arrived men with refugee backgrounds: a comparative analysis of urban and regional settlement in South-east Queensland.

Approximately one-third of refugee and humanitarian entrants to Australia are adult men. Many of these men and their families settle in regional areas. Little is known about the health status of refugee men and the use of health services, and whether or not there are differences between those living in urban and regional areas.